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Wicker Park

Wicker Park is built around one of Chicago’s great urban intersections — Milwaukee, North, and Damen Avenues converging at the six corners where the neighborhood’s commercial energy concentrates. The historic mansion district along Wicker Park Avenue, the dense two-flats and graystones of the surrounding blocks, and the lively bar and restaurant scene along Milwaukee have made this one of the city’s most recognized addresses. The buildings here range from 1880s Victorian to 1920s two-flats, and they are all carrying plumbing that reflects that era.


In Wicker Park’s older buildings, the gap between the stylish renovation and what’s actually running in the walls can be substantial. Original clay sewer laterals, cast iron drain stacks, and supply lines that predate multiple rounds of tenants are common findings in a sewer camera inspection. The Scottish Plumber has worked extensively in this neighborhood — drain cleaning, trenchless repair, lead pipe removal, sewer gas remediation, and water heater service for homes that look contemporary on the outside and are Victorian on the inside.


When you call us about a backed-up or slow sewer, our first move is to rod and clear the line — get things flowing and your home back to normal. Sewer rodding starts at just $99 when there’s an outside cleanout to rod from, a price we’ve held since we opened in 2006. While nearly everything else has gotten more expensive, our starting price hasn’t moved in nearly twenty years. Once the line is open, we follow up with a sewer video inspection to see exactly what caused the problem — tree roots, a crack, a pipe belly — and give you an honest picture of what, if anything, needs to happen next.


We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year — including holidays — so when something goes wrong at 2 a.m., you can reach us. We offer free estimates during regular business hours with no trip charge to come out. Most companies charge just to show up; we don’t. When a sewer line needs more than rodding, The Scottish Plumber is one of the most experienced trenchless sewer repair companies in Chicagoland — doing this since 2006 with thousands of repairs completed across the area. For older homes especially, pipe stent repair is worth knowing about: a precise, minimally invasive fix that spares your floors, walls, and landscaping.


Our Wicker Park Plumbing Services